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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 21-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hong agree to do?
(a) Meet with the girl Bao has picked for him.
(b) Try to a position as a government employee.
(c) Give their father a small amount from his winnings.
(d) Stop working in the rice paddies.

2. Why doesn't Lao Hong give some of his prize money to his father?
(a) His father said he does not want the money.
(b) He hates his father.
(c) He wants to help his brother with the money.
(d) He does give some of the prize money to his father.

3. Who is the third son in the family?
(a) Lao So.
(b) Lao Won.
(c) Lao Chen.
(d) Lao Hong.

4. What did Lao Chen learn by age four?
(a) To play the ruan.
(b) More Chinese characters than most adults ever learn.
(c) To play the guzheng.
(d) To write perfect haiku.

5. What right does Chen earn?
(a) To wear special robes and a winged cap.
(b) To negotiate his own position with the government.
(c) To teach without schooling.
(d) To go to college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Bao taken upon herself to do?

2. What has Chen done as a result of his mother's tutelage?

3. Why did Chen go to from where he is returning?

4. For what did the local schoolmaster resent Chen?

5. For what is Lao Hong known?

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